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Presentation:Preparing Grant Proposals - Facilitation Kit
This kit consists of nine modules, each containing a PowerPoint presentation and a set of facilitator notes. The notes expand on the content of the slides and provide guidance in facilitating the modules, which combine presentation and small-group work.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Research Writing Toolkit
Resources to run a participatory research writing workshop at your institution.
Video:"Get Lit: The Literature Review"
Video of presentation on preparing the literature review section of a thesis or dissertation. One of the most popular videos on our online research writing courses
Toolkit:Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education Toolkit
This toolkit has been developed for facilitators who are interested in introducing gender mainstreaming in higher education in order to challenge gender inequality.
Toolkit:AuthorAID Training of Trainers toolkit
Resources to run a training of trainers in research writing workshop at your institution.
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Article:Discussion and conclusion: How to write effective discussion sections
Medical Writing Corner. This article on the AME Medical Journal provides an instructional review about how to write effective discussion sections for original medical research articles.
Article:The IFIS Expert Guide to Journal Publishing.
IFIS talks you through the process of choosing a journal and preparing to submit.
Article:Your essential ‘how-to’ guide to writing good abstracts
This LSE blog gives you 7 useful tips for writing a good abstract.
Article:How to write a superb literature review
This Nature article asks researchers to explain the work they did to make their literature reviews effective.
Article:A Curious Researcher’s Guide on Successfully Publishing Scientific Manuscripts.
This goal of this editorial is to help mentors and mentees navigate the research and publication processes.
Article:A Step by Step Guide to Writing a Scientific Manuscript
Volker Wenzel, M.D., M.Sc., Martin W. Dünser, M.D., Karl H. Lindner, M.D.
Article:Successful Manuscript Preparation: An Editorial Perspective, Review Article.
Holly Beanlands, MA
Article:BROAD Institute, CommKit.
The CommKit is a collection of guides to successful communication in the biological sciences, written by the BRCL Fellows.
Article:Essential Ingredients of a Good Research Proposal for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students in the Social Sciences.
Raymond Talinbe Abdulai and Anthony Owusu-Ansah
Web resource:Write like a scientist.
Write Like a Scientist, Website.